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Russian History Trivia

Answer these questions about Russian history, from early tsarist times to recent events
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These conquerors invaded Russia in 1237; the Khan of the Golden Horde would rule until 1480
Mongols
The 1st tsar of Russia, not "Great" per say
Ivan the Terrible
Dynasty which ruled from 1613-1917
Romanov
The 2 tsars with the name "Great"
Peter the Great
Catherine the Great
The last time Moscow was captured by a foreign power was under this conqueror in 1812
Napoleon
Name any of the 3 main countries Russia fought against in the Crimean War
United Kingdom | France | Ottoman Empire
Leo Tolstoy's most famous novel
War and Peace
Fyodor Dostoevsky's most famous novel
Crime and Punishment
In 1867, Russia sold this "icebox" territory to the U.S.
Alaska
Tsar assassinated in 1881 from a bomb attack; he had abolished serfdom 20 years earlier
Alexander II
Railroad network developed in 1891
Trans-Siberian
In 1905, Russia lost a war to this country, stunning the world
Japan
"Mad Monk" and friend of the tsar's family who was very hard to kill
Grigori Rasputin
Country which Lenin was living in prior to the Bolshevik Revolution
Switzerland
Nickname of the Bolshevik Revolution in 1917
October Revolution
Final tsar of Russia who was overthrown in the above and executed
Nicolas II
Stalin's 1937 campaign to eliminate opposition; hundreds of thousands were killed
Great Purge/Great Terror
Former name of St. Petersburg
Leningrad
Former name of Volgograd; its 1943 battle marked a turning point in WW2
Stalingrad
Country the Soviet Union signed a non-aggression pact with in 1939; it would soon be broken
Germany
The Winter War, within WW2, was fought with this country
Finland
Leon Trotsky was assassinated while living in exile in this country
Mexico
George Orwell allegorical novella about the Soviet Union
Animal Farm
Leader of the Soviet Union from 1953-1964
Nikita Khrushchev
Soviet forces crushed a pro-democracy uprising in this country in 1956
Hungary
Satellite launched in 1957
Sputnik 1
1st man in space in 1961
Yuri Gagarin
Most powerful bomb ever tested, over a thousand times more powerful than those used on Hiroshima and Nagasaki
Tsar Bomba
Country of 1962 missile crisis
Cuba
Leader of the Soviet Union from 1964-1982
Leonid Brezhnev
A liberalization "Spring" named for this city in 1968 caused the Soviet Union and their Warsaw Pact allies to invade Czechoslovakia
Prague
Country which the Soviet Union invaded in 1979, ending a period of Cold War détente
Afghanistan
Due to the above, the U.S. boycotted the 1980 Moscow Olympics; the Soviet Union would respond by boycotting the 1984 Olympics in this city
Los Angeles
The Soviet withdrawal from the above country would allow this group to eventually take control for the first time in 1996
Taliban
Name either of the 2 leaders who ruled briefly during the period from 1982-1985
Yuri Andropov | Konstantin Chernenko
Final leader of the Soviet Union from 1985-1991
Mikhail Gorbachev
1986 nuclear disaster
Chernobyl
Complete the Ronald Reagan quote: "...tear down this ____"
Wall
1st president of post-Soviet Russia
Boris Yeltsin
Breakaway republic which Russia invaded on 2 separate occasions
Chechnya
Vladimir Putin was of this intelligence branch
KGB
In 2014, Russia annexed this region from Ukraine
Crimea
Mercenary group led by Yevgeny Prigozhin until his death
Wagner Group
Russian opposition leader who died in prison in 2024
Alexei Navalny
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4 Comments
Gandius
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Level 39
Feb 25, 2025
You could've had specified the first question with meaning the nation, I thought "conquerors" meant like individual leaders who conquered while leading Mongolia.
SpartanLlama
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Level 79
Feb 25, 2025
Aight I can edit it in a bit
Dperez
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Level 75
Jun 24, 2025
The last name alone for the last question doesn't work, even though for the others does.
SpartanLlama
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Level 79
Jun 24, 2025
Yeah Imma fix that if I don't remove it
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